Learn about the user interface, gestures, touch shortcut, settings, and how to get started with Adobe Fresco.

Your best resource for getting started with the user interface of Adobe Fresco is this video we have created for you. Download Adobe Fresco, launch the app, and watch the video as you try the different tools to draw and paint. You will also find short, helpful videos for the tools right within the app.

Keep this article handy. You will find information about the core workflow, the workspace, and settings.

Create a document

Each artwork is a document in Adobe Fresco. Tap on Create new on your Home screen to start drawing on a blank canvas.

Adobe Fresco gives you many different print and digital layouts to choose from. You can also specify and save your own custom size and orientation.

Import and open a document

On your Home screen, tap on Import and open to work on an existing PSD document or project created with Adobe Sketch or Adobe Draw. You can import large Photoshop files (.PSB) into Fresco.

Get to know the document workspace

When you open a document, you get all your drawing and painting tools and other helpful controls right there in the workspace.

Adobe Fresco document workspace with A) icons for commonly required actions on the title bar B) the toolbar and C) the Taskbar

Icons on the title bar

Use these icons to quickly go to the Home screen, undo, get help, open the Share workspace, access document and app settings, and make your canvas full-screen.

The Taskbar has all the controls to work with layers. Tap on the icons at the top of the Taskbar to open the Layers panel and find the layer actions. See Layers and Layer masks.

Watch this video to see how you can use the different Adobe Fresco tools and controls to change parts of a drawing.

Transform tool Use this tool you can also achieve very small or precise transformations of layers or selections.

Use nudge in transform tool to get precision with your artwork

You can use nudge on the canvas by tapping on it in any direction and move the object one pixel at a time. Move the selected transform in 8 directions such as side-to-side, up-and-down, and diagonal.

When you hold down the touch shortcut and move, the transform box moves 10 pixels in the desired direction.

Keyboard shortcuts

Fresco supports keyboard shortcuts. Use common and consistent keyboard shortcuts across Fresco and Photoshop on iPad.

Keyboard shortcuts

You can access the list of keyboard shortcuts using one of the following steps:

Open a document and tap Help icon at the upper-right corner of the Adobe Fresco workspace and select Keyboard shortcuts.

Open a document and tap on the Settings icon, tap App settings. In App settings dialog, tap Help > Keyboard shortcuts.

Note:

In-app profile name and avatar editing is not available in Adobe Fresco 1.1 on Windows. For more information, see Adobe Fresco on Windows.

Save a document

Adobe Fresco automatically syncs your documents to your Creative Cloud account. The Cloud icon in the upper-right corner of the workspace indicates whether or not you are connected.

Tap on the Cloud documents tab in the left navigation section of your Home screen to view and manage your Adobe Fresco documents.

The icon in each document thumbnail indicates the sync status of the document or if the document is offline.

Icons in the document thumbnails indicate that the documents are A. synced B. offline, and C. being synced.
D. Options for managing a document

From the More Options pop-up for each document, you can perform document management actions, such as rename, export, duplicate, and delete. You can make a document available offline if you want to access it at all times.

Adobe Fresco keeps your deleted documents for 30 days.

Customize document settings

Open a document and tap on the Settings icon to view and customize the document settings.

Tap on the document name in the Settings panel to rename the document.

Change the angle for rotation snapping.

Flip or rotate the canvas.

Disable or enable the touch shortcut.

Customize Adobe Fresco settings

Tap on the Settings icon in the upper-right corner of the Adobe Fresco workspace to view and customize the app settings.

Under General > Interface:

Select Right from the Toolbar drop-down list to move the toolbar to the right of the canvas if you like left-handed drawing.

Choose a dark or light color theme for the interface.

Under General > Quick Export Settings:

Choose PNG, PSD, or PDF as the default file format for quick export (instead of JPG).